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Postal Workers Hold Nationwide 'Day of Action' Oct. 1 in 90 Cities to Promote Vote-by-Mail, Demand First-Class Service Year-Round
October 1, 2024
WASHINGTON – On Tues., Oct. 1 postal workers who are members of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) will be rallying with the public in front of postal facilities across the country to sound the alarm about the United States Postal Service’s...
APWU Maintenance Division Secures $15 Million Part-Time Regular Settlement Agreement
September 23, 2024
In 2021, the APWU Maintenance Division filed a national dispute regarding the Postal Service's violation of Article 7 section 3 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), specifically concerning the 2.5 percent cap on the total number of Part-...
OSHA Slams Postal Service with Five Citations, $16,000 in Fines
September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
After an onsite inspection, OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) slammed the Postal Service with five citations for violating...
Postal Service Fails to Meet Safety Goals
September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
According to an analysis by the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), the Postal Service failed to meet its own safety goals in Fiscal Year 2014...
Reporters Unionize
September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
On June 3, workers at New York-based Gawker Media became the first employees of a major digital media company to organize a union.
Journalists...
Big Wins for Migrant Workers, Thanks to Public Support
September 1, 2015
Western Washington University students at a blueberry picker
strike at Sakuma Brothers Farms in late June.
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
Migrant workers across the country...
Secret Trade Deal Would Dismantle Our Postal Service
September 1, 2015
(This article first appeared in the September-October 2015 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)
A trade deal the U.S. is negotiating behind closed doors with 50 other countries would dismantle our public Postal Service as we know it....